In a solid victory Saturday, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney crushed rival John McCain in Nevada by a whopping 39% (52% to 13%). While some argue Romney's victory was due solely to the Mormon population in Nevada, the facts suggest otherwise. In an interview, Romney noted that should the group have stayed at home on Saturday, he still would have won by a large majority according to exit polls; and he was right. Scoring high among all constituencies, Romney also won the majority of votes from Hispanic-Americans and Evangelicals, facts that suggest Romney's message has appealed to Americans across the country and has crashed through ethnic and gender barriers.
Mitt Romney is the only candidate who has shown consistent results in all of the early contests thus far. Finishing second in Iowa, winning Wyoming, finishing a close second in New Hampshire, winning Michigan, and now winning Nevada, Romney has displayed that he is the candidate that can appeal to voters no matter the state.
As a result of Michael Huckabee’s poor showing in Michigan and Nevada, it is clear he has failed to expand his base beyond evangelic Christians (the sole reason he pulled off an Iowa victory and even has a chance in South Carolina).
South Carolina is a must-win for both McCain and Huckabee; one of their presidential bids will end this weekend.
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